Ugliest mobile phones ever

Today’s mobile phones look like small tablet PCs. They have few buttons and massive screens. On the whole, the current crop of phones look pretty good but that wasn’t always the case. Just take a look at this imaginatively named Nokia C6-01 Vs 5800 if you don’t believe us.

When mobile phones became more of a status symbol rather than a useful device to carry around, the richest and most extravagant among us ended up with stuff like this. There’s really no telling what’s underneath all that finery but we reckon it’s probably another Nokia.

When mobile phones became more of a status symbol rather than a useful device to carry around, the richest and most extravagant among us ended up with stuff like this. There’s really no telling what’s underneath all that finery but we reckon it’s probably another Nokia.

What were Bang & Olufsen thinking when they infected the mobile phone market with the Serene? Back in 2005 B&O asked $1,250 a piece for this ugly thing. It remains pretty exclusive not only because of its silly price but because no one wanted the thing.

The Nokia 7280 is another device from the time when these guys were losing their grip on the market. It was designed to appeal to women. It didn’t work as you might imagine because it’s so odd looking.

The Nokia 7280 is another device from the time when these guys were losing their grip on the market. It was designed to appeal to women. It didn’t work as you might imagine because it’s so odd looking.

The Toshiba G450 looks like a tool for exercising or data logging of any other kind. That’s explained by the fact that Toshiba thought they’d be clever by offering something that works equally well as a phone, a data storage device, and a USB broadband modem. It wasn’t very good at any of these things.

The Toshiba G450 looks like a tool for exercising or data logging of any other kind. That’s explained by the fact that Toshiba thought they’d be clever by offering something that works equally well as a phone, a data storage device, and a USB broadband modem. It wasn’t very good at any of these things.